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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Appointments by the Governor, Civil Appointments, 1863-1867 KYR-0001-007-0321 BR2-214

Saint Louis, Saint Louis County, Missouri Samuel Knox, Sr. (St. Louis, Missouri, attorney, councilman, and politician/US Congress) N00003144 1815-03-21 1905-03-07 Categories: People

St. Louis, Missouri, attorney, councilman, and politician. Blandford, Massachusetts, native. Graduated from Williams College in 1836. Graduated from Harvard Law School in 1838. Moved to St. Louis in 1838. Married to Mary Kurr Knox on March 18, 1845. Father of Samuel Knox, Jr., Hannah S. Knox, Reuben Knox, Henry Knox, and Mary Knox. City Councilman in St. Louis in 1845. Attorney in St. Louis. Partner at the law firm of Knox & Smith in 1864, 1865, and 1866. Member of the United States House of Representatives from the first district of Missouri from 1864 to 1865.

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, s.v. “Knox, Samuel,” (http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000297) (accessed March 30, 2017); Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Massachusetts, Hampden, Springfield, p. 223; St. Louis, Missouri, City Director, 1866, Edward, Greenough, & Deved, pub. (St. Louis: Edwards, Greenough, & Deved, 1866), p. 516 (accessed via Ancestry.com); Missouri Marriage Records, Jefferson City, MO, USA: Missouri State Archives. Microfilm, 1845, p. 156 (accessed via Ancestry.com); Find A Grave, "Samuel Knox (1815-1905)," Memorial #7481758, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7481758&ref=acom (accessed March 30, 2017); KYR-0001-007-0321. Irwin Z. Smith (St. Louis, Missouri, attorney and politician) N00003142 1826? 1881? Categories: People

St. Louis, Missouri, attorney and politician. Massachusetts native. Married to Elizabeth Kerr Smith. Married to Isabella Pallen Smith. Moved to St. Louis in 1847. Attorney in St. Louis in 1860. Partner at the law firm of Knox & Smith. Member of the Missouri House of Representatives in 1864.

Relationships Legal: Samuel Knox, Sr. (St. Louis, Missouri, attorney, councilman, and politician/US Congress) Social: Joseph Lathrop (St. Louis, Missouri, bond agent)

"Smith, Irwin Z.," in Encyclopedia of the History of St. Louis, William Hyde and Howard Louis Conrad, eds. (New York: The Southern History Company, 1899), 2086-2087; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Missouri, St. Louis, Ward 6, p. 145; St. Louis, Missouri, City Director, 1865, Edward, Greenough, & Deved, pub. (St. Louis: Edwards, Greenough, & Deved, 1865), p. 631 (accessed via Ancestry.com); "Irwin Z. Smith's Estate," St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, Mo.), October 14, 1881, p. 1; Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Missouri, District 1, Volume 8, August 1864 (Accessed via ancestry.com); Find A Grave, "Irwin Z. Smith (1826-1881)," Memorial #140618157, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=140618157&ref=acom (accessed March 30, 2017); KYR-0001-007-0321. Thomas Elliott Bramlette (KY governor 1863-67, atty, D.A., col 3rd KY Inf) N001000 1817-01-03 1875-01-12 Categories: People

Twenty-third governor of Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Cumberland County, Kentucky, native. Married to Sallie Travis Bramlette in September 1837. Father of James T. Bramlette, William L. Bramlette, Eugene Bramlette, and Corrina Bell Bramlette. Practiced law in Clinton County, Kentucky, and Columbia, Kentucky. Represented Cumberland and Clinton counties in the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1841 to 1843. Commonwealth's attorney of the 8th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1848 to 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in 1850. Circuit judge of the 6th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1856 to 1861. Owned nine enslaved persons in 1860. Served as colonel of the 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) from 1861 to 1862. District attorney of the United States District Court for Kentucky in 1863. Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from September 1, 1863, to September 3, 1867. Owned law firm of Bramlette & Van Winkle in partnership with Ephraim L. Van Winkle.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, District No. 1, p. 181A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, District No. 1, p. 335 (p. 2 of 2 on microfilm). Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, The Town of Columbia 1st Division, p. 13 (p. 2 of 3 on microfilm). Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 83B. Ross A. Webb, “Thomas E. Bramlette (1863-1867)” in Lowell H. Harrison, ed., Kentucky’s Governors (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2004), 93-97 Lowell H. Harrison, "Bramlette, Thomas Elliott" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 112-13. Joseph Lathrop (St. Louis, Missouri, bond agent) N00003143 1815? 1877-04-20 Categories: People

St. Louis, Missouri, bond agent. Massachusetts native. Marries to Ada A. Lathrop. Father of Mary Lathrop, Adelia Lathrop, Lillia Lathrop, Carra Lathrop, Joseph Lathrop, Sarah Grace Lathrop, and Willie Lathrop. Merchant in Northampton, Massachusetts, in 1860. Bond agent in St. Louis in 1863.

Relationships Political: Irwin Z. Smith (St. Louis, Missouri, attorney and politician) Political: Samuel Knox, Sr. (St. Louis, Missouri, attorney, councilman, and politician/US Congress) Social: Irwin Z. Smith (St. Louis, Missouri, attorney and politician) Social: Samuel Knox, Sr. (St. Louis, Missouri, attorney, councilman, and politician/US Congress)

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Missouri, District 1, Volume 3, April 1865 (Accessed via ancestry.com); Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Massachusetts, Hampshire, Northampton, p. 158; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedule, Missouri, St. Louis, ward 5, p. 132; St. Louis, Missouri, City Director, 1864, Edward, Greenough, & Deved, pub. (St. Louis: Edwards, Greenough, & Deved, 1864), p. 350 (accessed via Ancestry.com); Missouri Death Records. Jefferson City, MO, USA: Missouri State Archives. Microfilm, Missouri, St. Louis, p. 323 (Accessed via Ancestry.com). St. Louis, Missouri P00003268 Categories: Places

City in east-central Missouri. Located on the Mississippi River.

38.627, -90.1994 USGS: Earth Explorer, "St. Louis, Missouri," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on May 4, 2020). Missouri P00001883 Categories: Places

State in the central United States. Capital at Jefferson City, Missouri. Located on the Mississippi River.

38.5767, -92.1735 “Jefferson City, Missouri," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed November 18, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Milton D. Rafferty and Edwin J. Westermann, "Missouri," Encyclopedia Britannica, accessed May 22, 2017, https://www.britannica.com/place/Missouri-state. Knox & Smith O00003271 Categories: Organizations

St. Louis, Missouri, law firm. Partner(s): Samuel Knox and Irwin Z. Smith.

Relationships Economic: Samuel Knox, Sr. (St. Louis, Missouri, attorney, councilman, and politician/US Congress) Economic: Irwin Z. Smith (St. Louis, Missouri, attorney and politician) Legal: Samuel Knox, Sr. (St. Louis, Missouri, attorney, councilman, and politician/US Congress) Legal: Irwin Z. Smith (St. Louis, Missouri, attorney and politician)

"Smith, Irwin Z.," in Encyclopedia of the History of St. Louis, William Hyde and Howard Louis Conrad, eds. (New York: The Southern History Company, 1899), 2086-2087; Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, s.v. “Knox, Samuel,” (http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000297) (accessed March 30, 2017); KYR-0001-007-0321. Commonwealth of Kentucky O001025 1792 Categories: Organizations

Administrative body of the state of Kentucky. Capital at Frankfort, Kentucky. Governor(s): Beriah Magoffin (1859-1862), James F. Robinson (1862-1863), and Thomas E. Bramlette (1863-1867).

Paul Blanchard, "Office of Governor" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 380. Malcolm E. Jewell, "General Assembly" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 366. Paul J. Weber, "Court System" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 233. Saint Louis, Saint Louis County, Missouri 1864-11-30 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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Samuel Knox. Irwin Z. Smith. KNOX & SMITH, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, OFFICE, DARBY'S BUILDING, S. W. COR. FIFTH AND OLIVE STREETS.

Saint Louis, Nov. 30th 1864 To His Excellency The Governor of the State of Kentucky,

I am acquainted withJoseph Lathrop Esq, who desires the appointment of Commissioner of deeds ofor the state of Kentucky for Missouri, I can endorse his loyalty, and his qualifications for the appointment he seeks--

Resply Irwin Z. Smith

I fully endorse and concur in this above statement and cheerfully recommend Mr Lathrop for the appointment asked

Samuel Knox M. C.